Mother Nature
English edit
Proper noun edit
- A personification of nature as woman, stressing fertility and fecundity. Based upon either goddesses of the earth and nature, Gaia, Rhea, or Demeter.
- Synonym: Mother Earth
- 2020 April 28, Thomas L. Friedman, “Is Sweden Doing It Right?”, in New York Times[1]:
- But when you’re in a struggle with one of Mother Nature’s challenges — like a virus or a climate change — the goal is not to defeat her. No one can. She’s just chemistry, biology and physics. The goal is to adapt.
Translations edit
the personification of Nature and the Earth's biosphere as a woman
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Further reading edit
- Mother Nature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia